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...year-old Spanish worker and I belong to "Generation Disappointment" [July 20]. I have a badly paid job which does not fit with either my studies or my expectations. The global crisis has hit Spain especially hard but we should have seen it coming. The Spanish obsession with buying property has also helped to drive us where we are now. That is the reason why, unlike most people, my husband and I have decided to rent an apartment on the outskirts of Madrid. We are happy with our decision: it gives us more time to save for a mortgage...
...states, high school students often juggle dozens of activities on top of their schoolwork, and increasingly plan out overly busy summers in order to impress universities. But having been here for almost four weeks now, I feel that there is something wanting in the lives of the local Spanish teenagers who seem almost singularly occupied with having fun. Certainly, most American students would eagerly welcome more carefree summers, but the experience of working a part-time job, of interning at a political office, or of tutoring younger children gives one a sense of responsibility and purpose that is satisfying...
...once asked a Spanish friend how this kind of nocturnal lifestyle was sustainable. Do these kids have summer jobs, or internships, or volunteer work, or anything at all that they have to do during the day? For the vast majority, the answer is: not really. Young people here are generally expected to focus on only one thing at a time. During the school year, academics alone occupy a student’s time. Given that entry into university is solely dependent on one’s grades and exam scores, extracurriculars, sports, community service, and work experience are of relatively...
...talked about how the TaxiVaca (or “Cow Cab”) reminded us of the popular Discovery Channel show “Cash Cab.” I laughed at her suggestion that the TaxiVaca should require passengers to moo the answers to trivia questions in Spanish. We would have lost horribly...
...emotional depth does not get in the way of his writing style. His recently acquired English is textured like Nabokov’s, and he likes to prick the imagination with unexpected words and fantastic metaphors. His transition from Spanish to English has improbably recreated the early twentieth-century’s revolution in consciousness—he writes unpunctuated streams to rival James Joyce. When I teach him grammar, I provide dashes and colons to preserve his extraordinary phrasing...